The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-07-05
A Glorious Celebration.
A Grand Success.

The rain fell in gentle showers
during Sunday and Sunday night,
Immediately preceding the Glorious
Fourth, which dampened the dust
and cooled the atmosphere for the
following day, and the Fourth open
ed bright and fresh. At sunrise
a salute of thirteen guns was fired,
which was again repeated at sunset.
At noon 38 guns were fired. Flag
poles throughout the city and sub
urbs were topped with flags of all
nations, the Stars and Stripes being
the most numerous. The shipping
in the harbor was profusely decor
ated in the same way.
Ten O'Clock in the morning was
the time announced for the COM
mencement of open air exercises at
Little Britain, on King street,
the site fixed upon by the committee
of arrangements. But long before
that time people began to make their
way towards the center of opera
tons, by every conceivable means of
locomotion, including pedestrianism.
Free BUSES were put on for the con-
venience of those who felt disposed
to avail themselves thereof. A very
large concourse of people, of all
nationalities, had assembled on the
grounds by 10 o'clock. o.
LITERARY EXERCISES.
1t was about half past ten when
the literary exercises began. An
elevated platform had been erected
for the use of the speakers. The
singing was led by several brass
instruments, under the leadership of
Professor H. Berger, and an effici-
ent choir, conducted by Professor
Yarndley. The singing was hearty
and vigorous:
His Exce1ency Geo. W. Merrill
was chairman of the occasion, and
opened the programme by few
brief and appropriate remarks, OBJ
serving that the large company pre-
sent was there for the purpose of
celebrating the anniversary of
American independence, and it was
quite unnecessary that he should
say anything to occupy the time and
attention of the audience, as others
were on the programme for doing
that work. He would say, however,
that the people of America had
kindly feeling for the people of Ha-
wall, which they had evinced in a
thousand ways, and as they (the
Americans) were concentrating
their national anniversary on Ha-
waiian soil, he would in the language
of Hawaii tender the salutation of
the country to all, and say "Aloha.
The Rev. DR.. E. G. Beckwith was
then called upon to invoke the
Divine blessing, which was followed
by the enthusiastic singing of "My
Country It's of thee"
The Declaration of Independence
was Interestingly read by Mr.. Ed
mund G, Atkinson in clear, dis.
tinct, loud, and unfaltering voice.
The manner of reading was so i'm
pressive that people as familiar with
the document as with the alphabet
listened as attentively as if they
were hearing it for the first time.
Several points of the Declaration
that were probably considered speci-
ally applicable to the condition of
this country were applauded during
the reading.
This was followed by the singing
Of the "Star Spangled Banner"
Senator Geo. Z. Whitney, of
California, was the Orator of the
Day, who delivered an extremely
able and interesting grafton, which
closely fixed the attention of the
audience from beginning to end.
After outlining Americas history,
the orator said:--
''It is not easy, perhaps, to ex-
press in a single word that some-
thing which is the fundamental
principle of the government of the
United States and which is at once
the security for its internal pros
perity, its external safety and the
source of true glory. 1t springs
from innate intelligence, quickened
by education and exalted by reli-
gion. II inspired the practical de-
claration that all men are by nature
endowed with certain inalienable
rights, among which are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness, and
to secure and protect these, gov
ernments are instituted. Solomon
strove to put the idea into an cpl
gramatic parallelism, when he said
"Righteouness exalteth nation, but
sin is q reproach to any people,"
Righteousness meaning neither
piety, nor dogma, nor any form or
expression Of worship, but right do
ing and just conduct, because right
and just
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